ABC Quilt Top WIP — A through J

I think the colors and the scrappiness of these pinwheels manage to pull the alphabet blocks together into more of a cohesive look (my daughter, Emily, also likes it that several of the characters appear to be waving). I sort of regret that I didn’t use a brighter color for the elephant block (and maybe even the doll), but they actually do show up better in person than in these photos. The first picture was taken before I added the siding to the house block.

The quilt top seems wide enough already, so I’m not going to add any additional borders. Although I haven’t selected a fabric for the back or a quilting pattern yet, I would really like to finish this quilt over the summer. The quilting part will be boring to post, so I’m thinking of another project I could work on at the same time — maybe a doll quilt made with the little Simplicity patterns I posted earlier.

12 comments on “ABC Quilt Top WIP — A through J”

I don’t even KNOW how to say how much I like those rows! They are so fun!!! The pinwheels set your blocks off perfectly. I zoomed in on them as much as safari would let me – I love how you mix fabrics. I’m looking forward to seeing more!
Ann

The pinwheels are just the thing to pull everything together! I was thinking that you chose the perfect arrangement of the blocks, and then I had to laugh, because of course, you really don’t have any flexability with alphabet blocks! (unless you wanted alphabet soup!)

I must sound like a broken record, but I really like the way you mix the fabrics in each pinwheel. I haven’t done that before. I know that you must have repeats, but they are not obvious at all and it makes the sashing perfectly scrappy!